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title: Getting started with Poopaya
description: Set up Poopaya, log your first bowel movement, and turn on a daily reminder. Everything a new user needs in the first five minutes.
app_version: 1.11
source: https://poopaya.com/help/getting-started
---

# Getting started with Poopaya

Download Poopaya, answer a few setup questions, then tap the papaya button whenever you go. You don't need an account, and you don't pay anything to start. The steps below cover your first five minutes.

### Step 1: Answer the setup questions

The first screen asks **What brings you here?** Pick the answer closest to you, for example chronic constipation or a GLP-1 medication like Ozempic or Mounjaro. Poopaya uses it to decide what to ask about, and you can change it any time in **Settings**.

Depending on your answer, the next screen asks what you take regularly (laxatives, supplements, medications). Add any that apply, and Poopaya will show how your logs line up with each one. You can also skip this screen and add them later.

_Screenshot: The first setup screen, What brings you here?, with five answers to choose from._

### Step 2: Turn on a daily reminder

Patterns show up when you log regularly, and a reminder makes that easier to keep up. One daily reminder is free.

On this step you can enable a daily reminder at your preferred time. Keeping the **Daily reminder** switch on, select the time of day, and tap **Next**. Your iPhone will then ask whether Poopaya can send notifications. Tap **Allow**, or the reminder won't show up.

If you'd rather not, just flip the **Daily reminder** switch off. You can also adjust and turn your reminder off and on later in **Settings**.

_Screenshot: The Want a daily nudge? screen with the Daily reminder switch on and a reminder time of 09:00._

### Step 3: Finish setup

Two more screens follow. The first shows how logging works. The second shows what Poopaya Gold adds (Charts and Insights, Face ID app lock, and more than one reminder). Tap **Get Started** to begin with the free version.

You don't need Gold to track, and you can add it later if you want it.

_Screenshot: The last setup screen, describing Poopaya Gold, with a Get Started button._

### Step 4: Log your first movement

Your History starts out empty. The next time you go, tap the **papaya button** at the bottom, pick a **Shape**, fill in **Urgency**, **Effort**, **Amount** and **Evacuation**, and tap **Save**. [Log a bowel movement](/help/log-a-bowel-movement) has the full walk-through, plus how to log an attempt where nothing came out.

_Screenshot: An empty History screen that says Nothing yet, with an arrow pointing to the papaya button._

## Finding your way around

_Image: The toolbar at the top of Poopaya: a gear button on the left, then three icons for History, Charts and Insights._

<ul class="toolbar-list">
<li>

**Settings** is where you set reminders, manage your medications and
diets, export your data and restore a purchase.

</li>
<li>

**History** is the home screen, with a calendar on top and your logs
underneath. Days with logs get a dot.

</li>
<li>

**Charts** shows your patterns over time, like how often you go and which
shapes come up most. It's part of Poopaya Gold, and anyone can see a
preview.

</li>
<li>

**Insights** gives you Regularity, Quality and Satisfaction scores, flags
recent changes, and shows which factors line up with your better and worse
days. Like Charts, it's part of Gold, with a preview for everyone else.

</li>
</ul>

## What to expect

Patterns need a bit of data first. After around ten logs they will start to appear. Charts will begin to light up. Insights will begin to identify factors that line up with your good and bad days.

The more you log the better and smarter Poopaya gets. Don't forget to log the bad days too! They're just as important as the good ones.